The Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Pistis Foundation, Godman Akinlabi has stated that access to health care should be at little or no cost to the less-privileged in Nigeria.
Akinlabi said this during a press conference on Ubomi; an upcoming weeklong free medical and surgical outreach targeting up to 4,000 people in Lagos. According to him, “It takes parents that are healthy to keep children in schools. Therefore, health should be at little or no cost to indigent people.”
The programme is organised by Pistis Foundation, a faith-based non-governmental organization set up by The Elevation Church (TEC), to help the economically challenged through education (formal and informal), healthcare and shelter. The foundation has partnered with other organizations on the outreach, including Pro-Health International, St Kizito hospital, Amethyst Hospital, Paediatric Care Clinic, and the Lagos State Ministry of Health. The Ministry has also screened the medical…
